Weekend Candy: Songs For The Whole Week (15/3/2013)

This week was full of great music and a few interesting releases including David Bowie's album after over a 

decade. Since every media channel is dealing with The Next Day, I tried to find other tunes from new records and combine them together with some older songs. So on this weekend candy you can find Morrissey, M83, Jesse Quin, Suuns, Beatrice Eli, Olof Arnalds, Morcheeba, Daughter, GEMS, 

Glass Candy, Stereophonics, Foals, Nick Cave and Tom Waits, enjoy

Morrissey - Every Day Is Like Sun Taken From Viva Hate, 1988
25th Anniversary

 

 M83 - Starwaves Taken From Forthcoming Obvilion Soundtrack, 2013

 

Jesse Quin - Another Year 

 Suuns - Holocene City Taken From Images Du Futur, 2013

 

Beatrice Eli - Violent Silence Taken From Forthcoming EP It's Over, 2013

Olof Arnalds - German Fields Taken From Sudden Elevation, 2013

 

Morcheeba - Blindfold Taken From Big Calm, 1998
15th Anniversary

Daughter - Still Taken From Forthcoming If You Leave, 2013

GEMS - Pegasus

 

Glass Candy - The Possessed Taken From Forthcoming Body Work, 2013

 

Foals - Late Night Taken From Holy Fire, 2013

 

Stereophonics - Violins And Tambourines Taken From Graffiti On The Train, 2013

 

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Higgs Boson Blues Taken From Push The Sky Away, 2013

Tom Waits - I Hope I Don't Fall In Love With You Taken From Closing Time, 1973
40th Anniversary

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds

I must admit that I'm not the most addicted fan in the world of Nick Cave's music. Although he released great songs along the years, I've never found the time to listen to a whole album of him with The Bad Seeds. When They released Push The Sky Away (2013) last week, I listened to the stream at The Guardian web site and suddenly I understood that I missed a great band along the time. This album is the first without the founding member Mick Harvey, but it seems that they got over his departure. Along with Barry Adamson, Martin Casey, Warren Ellis, Conway Savage, Jim Sclavunos and Thomas Wydler, The Bad Seeds made a great album which sounds like a coming storm, which is waiting to demolish everything. Before all hell falls down, we can meet the Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds trying to push those grey skies away, although there is a lot of dirt in this world. Listening to this album is like a spiritual event and it's very recommended. Of course, that gave me an opportunity to go back to their songs from the past 14 albums, so here are five of their best.

Mermaids (Taken From Push The Sky Away, 2013)

Henry Lee (Taken From Murder Ballads, 1996, Featuring PJ Harvey)

 

Jubilee Street (Taken From Push The Sky Away, 2013)

The Ship Song (Taken From The Good Son, 1990)

 

Higgs Boson Blues (Taken From Push The Sky Away, 2013)

 

Cashback: 10 Years To Johnny Cash's "American IV: The Man Comes Around"

There's something sad in Johnny Cash's album called American IV: The Man Comes Around, which is the fourth part of his project American Recordings, which he started at the mid 90's of the previous millennium. Cash was very ill when he recorded the songs on that album but I was impressed most by the songs he and Rick Rubin picked for this release. Covering a wide range of styles from new wave (Depeche Mode) through Classic songs (Beatles, Simone and Garfunkel) until Alternative Rock (Nine Inch Nails), Cash gave a minimalist new meaning for those songs with coulages like Fiona Apple, Nick Cave and Don Henley. My favourites from that album are listed below and it wasn't very easy, but above all of them is his cover to Hurt which gets a new interpretation from an old man point of view.

1) Hurt (Nine Inch Nails Cover)

In 5 words: Trent Reznor was surprised by this cover version
Favourite Line: And you could have it all, my empire of dirt. I will let you down, I will make you hurt

 

2) Bridge Over Troubling Water (Paul Simone Cover)


In 5 words: Bridge over Cash's shivering voice
Favourite Line: I'm on your side. When times get rough and friends just can't be found

 

3) Personal Jesus (Depeche Mode Cover)


In 5 words: Cash could be a great priest
Favourite Line: Your Own, Personal, Jesus. Someone to hear your prayers, someone who cares

 

4) In My Life (Beatles Cover)


In 5 words: When Englishmen meets American folk
Favourite Line: There are places I'll remember in my life though some have changed

5) Give My Love To Rose (Revised Version)


In 5 words: A Prisoner tale of homecoming
Favourite Line: Tell my boy his daddy's so proud of him and don't forget to give my love to Rose